Fredericksburg Military Affairs Council Roundtable Roundtable and Tour of Fort A.P. Hill, VA

September 15, 2011

Fort A.P. Hill Update

Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce

Military Affairs Council Roundtable and Tour

September 15, 2011

LTC Jack Haefner

Installation Commander

Where America’s Military Sharpens Its Combat Edge

#UNCLASSIFIED September 15, 2011LTC Jack Haefner/804-633-8205(DSN:578)/[email protected]

Fort A.P. Hill History

• Created from Essex and Caroline

Counties and established as an

Army artillery and maneuver training

installation – June 11, 1941

• Served as a staging area for Patton’s

Task Force A, Operation TORCH

• Staging area for European-bound

units including VII Corps

Headquarters and 3rd Armored

Cavalry Regiment during Korean

War

• Mobilization station for MP units

during Desert Storm

• Training support platform for 92nd

Separate Infantry Brigade (PR

ARNG) mobilization during OIF


Fort A.P. Hill Today

Today, we provide ongoing training

support for conventional/

unconventional joint and interagency

units engaged in Homeland Defense

and Overseas Contingency

Operations


Fort A.P. Hill Training Land = Military Value

Fort A.P. Hill‟s number one

mission is to ensure our

Warriors are fully prepared to

fight and win the nation‟s wars.

We use the

installation‟s

full acreage to

support that

mission.


Installation Overview

12,500 (approx) surrounding acres

under conservation easement via

ACUB

• 3rd Largest Installation, IMCOM

Northeast Region

• Virginia‟s Top Rated Army

Installation for „Military Value‟ in

BRAC 2005

• Largest Employer – Caroline County

• Winner, 2008 Army Communities of

Excellence

• Finalist, 2004; 3rd Place 2005, 2006,

2007

Range/Training Features

• 41 Ranges

• 31 Training Areas

• 26 Artillery Points

• 14 Mortar Points

• 10 Camps; 2 Transient Barracks

• 8 Aviation Training Areas

• 1 Rappahannock River Crossing Site

• Assault Landing Zone


Active Army46%

ARNG15%

USAR3%

Active Army/Student

(SCoE)20%

Other DoD13%

Federal Entities (Incl IC)

2%

Non Federal Entities

1%

Warrior Throughput By Year 94,230 Warriors trained at Fort A.P. Hill in 2010

Utilization by Service Component Training Overview

Warrior Feedback: 92% say service is “Best” or “Better Than Most” Training for the Joint Force

772770

695

778712

664656634

874

923Units

Served

Training Capacity for Commanders

Hundreds of different units and thousands of Warriors make Fort A.P. Hill the Regional Training Center where they sharpen their

combat edge


FAPH Project Locations

FY09 PN 64237

SCOE WTX AREA

COMPLETED!

FY11 PN 65790

AWG Light Demo Range

$3.4M

Award: 18 May 2011

WORK ONGOING

FY10 PN 67973

SCOE EOD School and

Field Training

COMPLETED!

FY10 PN 67011

Infantry Platoon Battle Course

(IPBC)

$5.8M

Award: 6 July 2011

WORK ONGOING

FY11 PN 65791 AND PN 65792

Known Distance and 1200 Meter Range

$18.3M

Award: est 30 September 2011

FY10 PN 68779

Training Support Center

CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED

FY11 PN 74211

ARMY RESERVE CENTER

$15.5M

Award: 30 June 2011

Awaiting Groundbreaking

FY11 PN 65726 and PN 65789

AWG INDOOR RANGE & COMPLEX

$71.1M

Award: est 30 September 2011

FY10 PN 66904

Recreational Cabins

$890K

COMPLETED!


AWG Complex/Battle Lab & Indoor Range

Battle Lab and Indoor Range will allow

the Asymmetric Warfare Group to

develop “solutions” to real world, real

time situations affecting Soldiers in

theater.

Complex will include:

• Barracks

• Admin/Command & Control Center

• Vehicle Maintenance Facilities

• Indoor Range

• Fabrication Shops

Battle Lab contains:

• Mock Cities

• Roads to simulate scenarios, in-

theater construction

Estimated Award: 30 September 2011

Estimated Construction Time: 2 Years


AWG Range Locations

Estimated Award Date: 30 September 2011

Estimated Construction Time: 20 Months


Army Reserve Center

Support for a “Grow The Army” Multi-Role Bridge Company.

Project will incorporate numerous energy efficiency initiatives and sustainability

goals – enough to obtain a GOLD LEED rating.

Consists of :

• Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) Training building

• Organizational Parking

• Organizational Maintenance Shop

• Storage Space

STATUS:

• Award to D-B Contractor

– 30 Jun 2011

• FAST TRACK Completion Date

– 15 Nov 2012 (est)


Project Objective:

Provide a complex to train and test infantry platoons

(mounted or dismounted) on the skills necessary to

conduct tactical movements

techniques, detect, identify, engage and defeat

stationary and moving infantry and armor targets in a

tactical way.

The IPBC Range consists of :

• Approximately 650 acres of support and

range area, over 10,700 feet long, over

various terrain

• Six major objectives that includes infantry and

armor targets, trench systems, bunkers,

obstacles, and an assault/defend house.

• Two assault helicopter landing zones

• Range support buildings for operations,

storage, briefings, latrines, meal consumption,

ammo issue, and after-action reviews.

Award: 6 July 2011

Work currently ongoing.

FY10 Automated Infantry

Platoon Battle Course (IPBC)


Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)

TRAINING COMPLEX

- AMMUNITION SPECIALIST

- GLOBAL ANTI TERRORISM OPERATIONAL READINESS

(GATOR) COURSE

-TACTILE POST BLAST (TPB)

- ADVANCED LEADERS COURSE (ALU)

COURSES

SUPPORTED


Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)

FORT A.P. HILL EOD TRAINING CADRE

26 Active Duty Military Personnel and Families

- Unit includes Army, Navy, and Marine Corps instructors

- Selected as Subject Matter Expert in specialty

- Reside throughout the community

- Bowling Green

- Fredericksburg

- Ladysmith

- Ruther‟s Glen


Project Objective:

Provide a multi-story, obstacle-laced

training complex that replicates a small

Afghan village. The complex will allow the

user the opportunity to plan and execute a

tactical operation to secure and search a

small village. This non-live fire complex

offers Soldiers and Marines a place to

practice prior to going to a live-fire range.

• This project will remove several old

wooden “facilities” on the site which had

become dangerous. Several existing

concrete “huts” will continue to be used

on the site to support the training.

• The addition of “mud, brick, or stone” to

the exterior as well as some other

touches like gasoline pumps will

complete the village. Partitions are

added on the upper floors for safety.

“Afghanistan” Combat Village

Original Combat Village

Actual Village in Afghanistan

New Combat Village

Under Construction


We conducted a scientifically valid/reliable attitude survey of

residents in a three-county area surrounding the

installation during July 2009 – study conducted every two

years. We will conduct one this Fall.

VALUE TO NATIONAL DEFENSE

94% Believe the training conducted is important to National

Defense. Virtually none thought the training unimportant.

AS A NEIGHBOR

93% Agree Fort A.P. Hill is a good neighbor, with 70%

strongly agreeing; Fewer than 1% disagreed.

COMMUNITY IMPACT

72% Said Fort A.P. Hill personnel have positive impact on

surrounding communities

Installation & Community


Regional Joint Land Use Study

• Collaborative Partnership

• Promotes Compatible Development

• Benefits Community & Installation

• Community Controlled & Directed

http://www.landusecompatibility.com/resources/jlus_samples/flint_hills_jlus.pdf

http://www.landusecompatibility.com/resources/jlus_samples/luke_jlus.pdf

http://www.landusecompatibility.com/resources/jlus_samples/fort_campbell_jlus.pdf

http://www.landusecompatibility.com/resources/jlus_samples/hampton_roads_jlus.pdf

http://www.landusecompatibility.com/resources/jlus_samples/fort_bragg_jllus.pdf


Fort A.P. Hill Citizen‟s Academy

Who: Nine participants were selected. Citizens come from

Town of Port Royal, Caroline and Spotsylvania counties

What: The Citizen’s Academy is a pilot program where

participants will work side-by-side with FAPH employees as

they learn about what they do every day to provide ready and

capable training facilities through the lens of

stewardship, safety, and professionalism.

When: Saturdays, Oct. 1, 8, 22 with graduation on Oct. 27

Where: Various locations on Fort A.P. Hill


Economic Impact

Total Economic ImpactAggregate Direct Outlays Total Outputs* Personnel Earnings Jobs Supported

Personnel Payroll $42,436,686 $79,632,666 $22,585,196 472

Transient & Temporary Duty Impacts

$6,840,974 $11,748,715 $3,824,608 79.95

Construction, Services, Equipment & Materials

$88,458,328 $151,953,079 $52,797,350 1,103.62

Totals $137,735,988 $243,334,460 $79,207,154 1,655.57

Total Installation Personnel - 745Includes military (active, National Guard and Reserve, federal appropriated and non-

appropriated fund civilians, contractors and private businesses operating on post

Fort A.P. Hill also support the indirect personal earnings of people throughout the Commonwealth of

Virginia and beyond who produce products, provide services and have other jobs indirectly connected to

the wages spent in the economy and the materials, services and equipment procured. This translates into

1,655 supported full-time equivalent jobs in addition to the 745 jobs directly supported by Fort A.P. Hill.

* Total economic impacts after application of appropriate multiplier factors by category of expenditure.


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